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Question about lead furnaces #4539704 10/27/10
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 140 W wrongtime OP Campfire Member
OP wrongtime Campfire Member W Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 140	I have not cast bullets in quite a while and am getting set to start up again. I have only cast bullets using an iron pot over a propane stove to melt the lead in the past. The newer electric furnaces look like they would be quicker and easier to use. Is this true or should I stick with my iron pot?

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Re: Question about lead furnaces wrongtime #4539896 10/27/10
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 823 up the creek a ways H hacklewrap01 Campfire Regular
hacklewrap01 Campfire Regular H Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 823 up the creek a ways	I find a good bottom-pour setup much easier and faster, as well as having better temp comtrol. Probably wouldn't cast, without it. Then again, wouldn't have a big pile of lead stored away in the shop, either.

Re: Question about lead furnaces hacklewrap01 #4539927 10/27/10
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,085 Likes: 1 GA, USA ready_on_the_right Campfire Ranger
ready_on_the_right Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,085 Likes: 1 GA, USA	Lee furnace God, Family, and Country. NRA Endowment Member

Re: Question about lead furnaces ready_on_the_right #4540027 10/27/10
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T LEE Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 73,096 Punta Gorda, FL	Bottom pour electric is the only way to go IMHO. George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you! Old cat turd! "Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison. I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me

Re: Question about lead furnaces T LEE #4540345 10/27/10
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 22,000 Likes: 3 H HawkI Campfire Ranger
HawkI Campfire Ranger H Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 22,000 Likes: 3	RCBS for a bottom pour.

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